Bill Text: TX HB2860 | 2013-2014 | 83rd Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to requiring the attorney general to obtain an injunction against a municipality or county that adopts prohibited regulations regarding firearms, ammunition, or firearm supplies.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2013-04-17 - Companion considered in lieu of in committee [HB2860 Detail]
Download: Texas-2013-HB2860-Introduced.html
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By: Harless | H.B. No. 2860 |
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relating to requiring the attorney general to obtain an injunction | ||
against a municipality or county that adopts prohibited regulations | ||
regarding firearms, ammunition, or firearm supplies. | ||
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
SECTION 1. Section 229.001, Local Government Code, is | ||
amended by adding Subsection (f) to read as follows: | ||
(f) The attorney general shall bring an action in the name | ||
of the state to obtain a temporary or permanent injunction against a | ||
municipality adopting a regulation in violation of this section. | ||
SECTION 2. Section 236.002, Local Government Code, is | ||
amended to read as follows: | ||
Sec. 236.002. FIREARMS; SPORT SHOOTING RANGE. (a) | ||
Notwithstanding any other law, including Chapter 251, Agriculture | ||
Code, a county may not adopt regulations relating to: | ||
(1) the transfer, private ownership, keeping, | ||
transportation, licensing, or registration of firearms, | ||
ammunition, or firearm supplies; or | ||
(2) the discharge of a firearm at a sport shooting | ||
range. | ||
(b) The attorney general shall bring an action in the name | ||
of the state to obtain a temporary or permanent injunction against a | ||
county adopting a regulation, other than a regulation under Section | ||
236.003, in violation of this section. | ||
SECTION 3. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives | ||
a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as | ||
provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this | ||
Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this | ||
Act takes effect September 1, 2013. |